Wash: You want a slinky dress? I can buy you a slinky dress. Captain, can I have money for a slinky dress? Jayne: I'll chip in. Zoe: I can hurt you.

'Shindig'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


meara - Oct 14, 2015 12:46:06 pm PDT #7064 of 30003

Yay Brenda!!

Not having a company card is really awkward for anyone who has financial issues. If you can't afford to charge on your own card and wait for reimbursement, or you only have a debit card??


-t - Oct 14, 2015 1:07:36 pm PDT #7065 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Especially if it's a matter of book the travel in advance, have to pay the credit card bill before you even travel, and then wait a couple of weeks to be reimbursed after submitting the expense report. Sucks mightily.


NoiseDesign - Oct 14, 2015 1:16:20 pm PDT #7066 of 30003
Our wings are not tired

My two senior full time employees have business credit cards

If I can't trust them with the credit card, I have no idea how I could trust them to handle our clients.


Sheryl - Oct 14, 2015 1:39:35 pm PDT #7067 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Yay Brenda!


Jesse - Oct 14, 2015 1:40:45 pm PDT #7068 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Not having a company card is really awkward for anyone who has financial issues. If you can't afford to charge on your own card and wait for reimbursement, or you only have a debit card??

Yeah, that's the thing. Now, in our department, one senior person has said he'll put stuff $100+ on his card, but STILL. I hate asking anyone to front anything.


flea - Oct 14, 2015 3:26:08 pm PDT #7069 of 30003
information libertarian

I just got back from a trip to NYC and I had to book the hotel (financial district, people, and they require you to pay up front) AND airfare 6 or 8 weeks before the trip. So I have carried $1200 for work for 2 months. I mean, we're rich, and I still am bothered by it. I was terrified something would happen and I wouldn't be able to go on the trip ad work would be like "oh well!" (because they totally would.)


Jesse - Oct 14, 2015 3:37:52 pm PDT #7070 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That's ridiculous!! At least I'm pretty sure our airfare is charged centrally.


SuziQ - Oct 14, 2015 3:39:21 pm PDT #7071 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

If I didn't have a company travel card, I wouldn't be able to do any of my business trips.

Conversation with my son this evening included debating different euphemisms for penis and vagina, ranking them, and figuring matching terms.


Steph L. - Oct 14, 2015 3:45:45 pm PDT #7072 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Yeah, my 1-day trip to Chicago for work required the me to front the AMA $1,000 on my credit card. The thing is, the AMA reserved all the editors' rooms at the Kimpton, so they could have just put it on the corporate account. But when we checked in, we had to give the Kimpton our credit card. WTF, man.


Zenkitty - Oct 14, 2015 3:52:06 pm PDT #7073 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Brenda, that's excellent!

Especially if it's a matter of book the travel in advance, have to pay the credit card bill before you even travel, and then wait a couple of weeks to be reimbursed after submitting the expense report. Sucks mightily.

My company does this now, too. I dislike it immensely. Plus, I don't even understand it. They're going to be paying for it anyway, why can't they just go on and do it instead of making me pay up front.